$80K Goal - Contribute Here

Thank you for your concern and pro-activeness regarding our greatest issue in our Hemp Industry both here in Colorado and nationwide.

We (the Colorado hemp industry) are raising a total of 80k to pay the 4 hemp lobbyist that will be working to ensure successful passing of the Hemp Foods Bill (bill name to be determined) in 2017.

Objectives:

1. all parts of the Industrial Hemp plant including but not limited to all naturally occurring cannabinoids compounds and derivatives to be treated as non adulterated and approved for human consumption or use. In short we want the cdphe to retract to their original position and treat hemp the same as corn and carrots

2. Pass bill with the support of the entire Colorado Industrial Hemp industry behind it.

3. Raise $80,000 to pay for the four lobbyists who will be working to pass this bill successfully. Consider any contributions a business investment because if this bill does not pass we will no longer have access to the use of parts of our plants, loss of enormous amounts of potential Revenue as well as massive loss in job creation.

4. Multi-state action. other states can adopt or use similar language to alter their Food and Drugs Act in their state regarding Industrial Hemp food products and naturally occurring cannabinoids in hemp products to be protected against Federal intervention, limitations and prevention of usage other than through pharmaceutical access.

Please note that this Colorado Hemp Foods bill is only addressing cdphe and existing statue and not necessarily CDA or additions to our Industrial Hemp program as it stands currently with the exception of any livestock feed or animal foods which may fall under CDA jurisdiction

NEW Hemp foods product definition: “INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCT” MEANS ANY PRODUCT, COMMODITY, COSMETIC, FOOD, OR FOOD ADDITIVE FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL USE OR CONSUMPTION CONTAINING ANY PARTS OF THE HEMP PLANTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NATURALLY OCCURRING CANNABINOIDS COMPOUNDS AND OR DERIVATIVES FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMP SO LONG AS THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCT CONTAINS A DELTA-9 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL CONCENTRATION OF NO MORE THAN THREE-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE: *Please note that GHC is no longer working with Hoban Law on this bill. On or after Nov 30th, 2016 all contributions received will be returned by Hoban Law. GHC will continue to purse this bill as originally intended and all promised or incoming contributions will be paid to GHC lobbyist Collin Kennedy. Please stayed tuned for more information coming.

For any questions or concerns, please call or text 720.401.5609 anytime.

Hemp Foods Issue Timeline

GHC Hemp Food/Concentrate Questions to State Health Department - September/October 2015
On or around the end of September 2015, a detailed letter by GHC with very specific questions were provided to Boulder County Health Department for official response. This information was forwarded to CDPHE, to a division called LAP, which was then forwarded to CDPHE Manufacture/Wholesale Division, which is believed to have also escalated to discussions with FDA for the answers that were provided back to GHC on 10.9.15.

GHC contact by Floras Bake Shop regarding issues with CDPHE and Wholesale/Manufacture License
GHC contact with Laura VanWagenen-Birdsill (303.692.3649) with CDPHE – Wholesale/Manufacture Division
"...No other plant matter can be used..."
"...Hemp for food use, the only hemp approved for food use is sterilized seed, sterilized meal or seed flour or the oil pressed from sterilized seed, it is the only product approved from food use.."

6.21.16 - CDPHE “retraction email” sent to multiple parties (GHC was forwarded from multiple parties CC’d) with new/vague statement regarding hemp.
This email was sent by the LAP Division (via the Manufacturing/Wholesale Division) of CDHPE
Letter was immediately forwarded to CDA

In a nut shell: a time line of events and facts were presented in regards to CDPHE new position on Hemp in food, which includes all parts of the plants (ie. CBD) as adulterated (aka illegal) ingredients with the exception of hemp pressed seed oil or other bi products from “sterilized” hemp seed (both domestically grown or imported are acceptable).

Overnight, with zero notice or input from Industry as promised by CDPHE, changes were made to the State Wholesale/Manufacture license.
The application from CDPHE now asks if applicants are using "Cannabis" or "Hemp". Not only were these changes unexpected but now legally inaccurate. The word cannabis here in Colorado incorporates both Hemp and Marijuana with out separation. NOTE: CDPHE has changes this app 2x;s recently

It has been understood by the Hemp Industry that certain claims can not be made due to GW Pharms use of FEDs patent on CBD, update included food and anything human consumable with CBD to be prohibited also.GHC send a newsletter out on 8.9.16 with this information and link.

Very interesting update by GW including such items as meeting with FDA, preparations to submit NDA to FDA, increases in dosage and participants in next round, multi million dollar fund raise for future marketing efforts to come and much more. Please read in full.
"Our confidence is high as we now focus our efforts on the company’s NDA submission to the FDA and plan towards commercialization."

INDUSTRIAL HEMP
.—The term ‘‘industrial hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis
New Definition:
The term “industrial hemp” includes the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part or derivative of such plant, including seeds of such plant, whether growing or not, that is used exclusively for industrial purposes (fiber and seed) with a tetrahydrocannabinols concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

Good & Bad News! "...only industrial hemp, produced in accordance with the 2014 Farm Bill, as articulated in the Statement of Principles on Industrial Hemp issued on August 12, 2016 by USDA, may be certified as organic, if produced in accordance with USDA organic regulations"

Objectives:1. all parts of the Industrial Hemp plant including but not limited to all naturally occurring cannabinoids compounds and derivatives to be treated as non adulterated and approved for human consumption or use. In short we want the cdphe to retract to their original position and treat hemp the same as corn and carrots2. Pass bill with the support of the entire Colorado Industrial Hemp industry behind it.3. Raise $80,000 to pay for the four lobbyists who will be working to pass this bill successfully. Consider any contributions a business investment because if this bill does not pass we will no longer have access to the use of parts of our plants, loss of enormous amounts of potential Revenue as well as massive loss in job creation.4. Multi-state action. other states can adopt or use similar language to alter their Food and Drugs Act in their state regarding Industrial Hemp food products and naturally occurring cannabinoids in hemp products to be protected against Federal intervention, limitations and prevention of usage other than through pharmaceutical access.Please note that this Colorado Hemp Foods bill is only addressing cdphe and existing statue and not necessarily CDA or additions to our Industrial Hemp program as it stands currently with the exception of any livestock feed or animal foods which may fall under CDA jurisdiction

WE, TOGETHER, MUST PROTECT ALL NATURALLY OCCURRING CANNABINOIDS, COMPOUNDS, DERIVATIVES AND ALL PARTS OF HEMP PLANT AS NON ADULTERATED for human use and consumption.Please click below (Read More) to read the language in the current draft of the bill, please don't hesitate to ask questions, provide feed back or other as every voice matters (Text/Call 720.401.5609 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). This is not a finial draft, expect changes, additions and other.

NEW Hemp foods product definition: “INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCT” MEANS ANY PRODUCT, COMMODITY, COSMETIC, FOOD, OR FOOD ADDITIVE FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL USE OR CONSUMPTION CONTAINING ANY PARTS OF THE HEMP PLANTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NATURALLY OCCURRING CANNABINOIDS COMPOUNDS AND OR DERIVATIVES FROM INDUSTRIAL HEMP SO LONG AS THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCT CONTAINS A DELTA-9 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL CONCENTRATION OF NO MORE THAN THREE-TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT.

Note regarding this rule – In light of questions that the Drug Enforcement Administration has received from members of the public following the publication of the Final Rule establishing a new Controlled Substance Code Number (drug code) for marijuana extract, DEA makes the following clarification:
1. The new drug code (7350) established in the Final Rule does not include materials or products that are excluded from the definition of marijuana set forth in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
2.The new drug code includes only those extracts that fall within the CSA definition of marijuana.
3.If a product consisted solely of parts of the cannabis plant excluded from the CSA definition of marijuana, such product would not be included in the new drug code (7350) or in the drug code for marijuana (7360).